Health and human services organizations aim to remedy issues such as homelessness, the opioid epidemic, and health equity. GIS helps by managing data, providing real-time updates, and keeping everyone informed. This is essential for addressing mental health and behavioral health crises, substance misuse, and chronic homelessness.
A location-based approach helps organizations improve crisis services, reduce overdose deaths, and enhance health outcomes, while supporting urgent care and law enforcement efforts.
Knowing who is at risk and where they are supports a targeted and efficient response. Leveraging location data allows you to see where people are experiencing homelessness, where crisis services are needed, and how to assess vulnerabilities equitably.
The opioid crisis and other substance use disorders constitute a state of emergency in many places. GIS is a useful tool for law enforcement, health organizations, and human services to help people experiencing opioid addiction and withdrawal symptoms.
Maps and data analysis deliver insights to help local governments pinpoint prescription opioid misuse, create effective response plans, and boost supportive services.
The homelessness crisis needs a modern, integrated approach. To solve this social problem, we need to provide permanent supportive housing, rental assistance, and affordable housing; reduce disease in encampments; and connect people to housing and services.
Location data connects these disparate factors. GIS provides a unique view into building effective policy and maximizing resources.
Maintaining community mental health involves monitoring stressors and contextual factors. The geographic approach can identify populations that are at increased risk, highlight gaps in access to care, and help prioritize decisions to allocate resources.
CASE STUDY
GIS tools allowed the Kansas Overdose Response Strategy team to identify social determinants of health and ensure equitable overdose response efforts.
CASE STUDY
Adopting a geographic approach empowered the Southern California county to respond to communities’ most critical health needs.
USER STORY
GIS inspired a new way for the county to conduct the point-in-time count and improve efficient data collection to meet federal requirements.
ESRI BLOG
In Tempe, Arizona, wastewater testing provided insights into the spread of COVID-19, allowing staff to focus on people in areas most at risk.
The next-generation desktop GIS supports data visualization, advanced analysis, and authoritative data maintenance.
Improve decision-making by collecting and managing data, analyzing it, and easily sharing maps and apps within a connected and collaborative Web GIS.
Collect data via web or mobile devices, even without an internet connection. Use the complete solution for creating, sharing, and analyzing surveys.
Present data and analytics on an intuitive and interactive screen to visualize trends, monitor status in real time, and inform stakeholders.
Inventory prevention and treatment resources, communicate the severity of the epidemic, and promote resources available to those in need.